They're small, they're cute, and they're evolving right before our eyes — a hybrid species of Atlantic puffins that formed in the last century was recently discovered by scientists. The hybrid group ...

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The new hybrid likely came from breeding between two subspecies within the past 100 years, which scientists said coincides with the warming pattern. Scientists believe they have discovered a hybrid ...

As his ancestors have done for generations, Icelander Árni Hilmarsson catches an Atlantic puffin in a net called a háfur. Photo by Carsten Egevang/atlanticseabirds.info This article is from Hakai ...

Two distinct subspecies of Atlantic puffins are now interbreeding in Norway, possibly as a result of Arctic warming forcing some birds away from their usual habitat. The island of Spitsbergen in ...

Members of a research crew on Seal Island rejoiced in the puffins’ comeback, but worried about the impacts of climate change ...

The Arctic Circle cuts across eight countries at roughly 66° north latitude. Everything above that line offers midnight sun ...